The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-28
! ECHArPLAIN's VOYAGE
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Below Quebec the b. Lawrence
v,d.ns, and soon has msiestic pro-
portions. Large islands and long
reef. appear, aud the shores are dim
With ,he blue film Of distance. Evil
iences Of depth and width and mighty
tides are on every hand. The cir is no
longer odorous with pine and cedar
and meadow srowths alone, for with
,be woodland perfumes Is Mingled a
Sssh Of salt sea air. and the smell OF
The ocean Is In it. Other signs oil the
vrea, changes are not wanting. The
Hostape Of ths surface water 10 Of srei'
,hips and ocsaan-soing steamers. A
huge cask STAYED open; a broken spar
. fragment Of smashed boat and a
man o. wars Gig oar lost from the
The hands Of some careless sailor, and
for which, I warrant, no Was soundly
rated. The signs Of the beach line
ara not such q woodmen see on 10
land streams, but such - reach land
aYii,ed by the currents, and blown In
by the gales Of the ou.er sea. Small
thinss, many Of them, but having.
sch one Of them, . voice, ana eacn
can tell q story. A ball OF Marine,
half covered by sea weed. II tells me
Nv~ dropped from . yard arm In Q
sale one night, of Antioootis dread
ri shore. And there 10 . wooden
marine spike In q rod Of IL, dropped
from the same hand on the Same
dsIk night, Il may be, when the great
ship lufcbsd heavily, and poor Jack
dropped all 70 save his lie; And mere
Il . broken block, In which, before be
cast Il overheard, the sailor cut his IN.
itisls, ]. q. n. ! wonder who'd y
M. IA. and how Il Ia with him today. A
irssnent Of q lady's fan; . bit OF
ths handle. How fragrant the wood
still isi The wash Of the ocean could
NOT destroy the odor Of the sandal
groves where Il grew and got its per-
fume. Was Il cast overheard BY some
fair hand from . yachts deck, OF from
one Of the Allen linersf Was II
broken by accident or In q pet be.
cause my lady bad lost Q little bet al
cards, or been beaten In the sweeter
qame Of ocean Irritation by q rival, !
vonderf And look. within yard Of
this fragrant fragment Of my lsdy's
fan is a tar bucket. Sharp contrasts
are found upon the beach % truly "a
In married LIE, you see. And there,
damned In between those rocks
youder, IL q ruider post of . large
ship, broken Of short. What name
was once above that rudder post,
wonder, aud on what reel or island
below me did she drive TO wreck
And thus all signs In air and
water, and along the shores, gives evil
dence TO tina noting eye that above
Quebec the 81. La Erence Ia one river
and below II, Il 10 another. Above
the city II In . mighty In and dream
a deep, vide current OF pure, ireel
water, fed f,om q thousand lakes AM
rivers. fi,wing sublmely onward, do
liant Of summers heat TO shrink o
winters SNOW 10 swell It's mighty tide
vel ever remindiul OF Ito banks ant
loving the sights and odors oil them
But Ibelow the city II 10 not Q stream
nor current, nor inland river, how
ever vide and deep, but rather an 60
tusry Of the ocean, forsetiul oil ID
banks and rejoicing In lie graf tides
mot inland but ocean born, and happ,
In such sales and tempes's a. blow OF
Orphan's Banks and Dead Mems I.le
The Isle d'0rleans 10 twenty mile
long and Ave wide. Jacques Csrtie
called II the Isle Of Bsockus, becaus
Of the multitude Of wild grapes b.
found growing there. That, ana nue.
else like II, you can hod on all guild
books, but the guide books do not ,e
YOU Of the beauty Of the we'll ker
iarms, iis green wooded slopee, lie Q
wood hills, or the white coitss,
stretched around lie coast line like
line OF pure, wbits silk drawn throuR
sreen veiye,. Nor do they tell you
the happy, contented, peacefsl, hom
ly life lived by the dxeleis Of ~;
the honest, slmple lives that ara live
By those who krow, and wieh
know, TO other. Surely this IL
d'Ohears Ia twenty miles OF homsl
happiness by Ave miles Of domesl
comfort and peics. Tha's the way
describe II. A pfettier cruise Tor q ID
can sc,resly b. made by an Americs
yachtman visiting q iebeo than at, ut
This lovely Island. II will give hi
sixty miles a .ailiog, and such love
surrout dlngs OF historical association
sublime scsnery and pastoral love
ness as he may not dad elsewhere {
all the continent. ..
On the north shore, opposite q
lower end OF 0leans Island, stan
the church known over the world
al, Bo.ne Ste Anre." IL 10 the q
madam L,ret,o, the shrine OF no
pilgrimage; aud 10 u thousands, al
tens Of Thousands, nlck each ye'
They come, moi singly, but In who
parishes headed by their Cure; Q m
ley crowd, the aged and young; 4
white hatred grandan and the "a
ding child; the strong and weak .
sick and ve !; the roh and poor;
man With perfect body and the cripI
vreiohsd In hi, d,fo'mi'y, ell thro
10 n shrine 60 o by the ST. Ia
renee tide Al the base Of the LiurC
uan Hills. Why do they come, tb,
thousandsf What charm Ia In n
place potent enough 10 draw 90 vas
multiti6ef What good or gain
they obnn by oominsf Fair a.
tons, ana lair shsll be the answ
They come beofuse they claim Oh
get great good In coming In soul a
body both. Some come because q
are heart sick, and would cay IN
prayers In enino holy spot, aud ~
help OF God through the intefosdI
Of a pure toul lorg gone, who staI
as one a the fal1is telote Hin, q
hencs has favor IN asking Bu, 9th
come because they ere tick In h.
and tormentsd with phyeIcal pa
and are puated dire with murtAl
mepts, 90 thst tho brigh, DAYS are
Of misery, aud the long hours Of
dark nights Sith groauing; add thl
the MAJ with the stout n q 10
him hobble on, the cripple v
his ps.dy crutoh. and Others
who may rot va b, are borne on